From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 14 08:11:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02657 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA02651 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA12998; Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:11:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199610141511.IAA12998@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: from Scott Blachowicz at "Oct 13, 96 10:56:14 pm" To: scott@statsci.com (Scott Blachowicz) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:11:01 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi- > > Well, my Quantum Empire 1400S finally decided to stop spinning up...I've > noticed that it seems to take several hits of the reset button before it would > spin up and after turning it off yesterday, it just won't spin up. Now, when I > turn it on, I hear three little rumbles while it tries to spin. Any idea if > there is a reasonable remedy? Should I just smack it around a bit? Other > suggestions? (no, I don't have that much experience trouble shooting hardware > problems...:-)). Maybe I should give Quantum a call first... Give Quantum a call, this drive model should still be under warranty, unless it was an OEM unit. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD